Road Deaths

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) people (b) children under 15 and (c) cyclists were killed on Britain's roads in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [93096]

The table shows the number of fatalities in the All, Child (0–14) and Cyclist categories in each year since 1992.

Road accident fatalities: GB 1992–2001
Casualties
	All	Child	Cyclists
1992	4,229	268	204
1993	3,814	270	186
1994	3,650	265	172
1995	3,621	230	213
1996	3,598	211	203
1997	3,599	228	183
1998	3,421	179	158
1999	3,423	196	172
2000	3,409	162	127
2001	3,450	185	138
¹ Fatalities aged 0–14.

During the period 1992–2001 there has been a steady downward trend in the number of people killed and seriously injured on our roads. This has been achieved despite an increase in road traffic (including pedal cycles) since 1992 of 15 per cent.

Manchester Police, we have made use of variable message signing which is currently being used to good effect by encouraging drivers to slow down and take extra care in wet conditions.

Investigations are currently in hand to identify causes of the surface water problems and I will write to you again when we have a clearer picture.

Volume 398: debated on Wednesday 29 January 2003